Around The Fire

It's the final conversation around Easter before we hand over to our Special guest next week. To say we are super excited is an understatement. In this episode, Jonny and Sarah find themselves back in the garden. Not their own garden sipping mocktails and podcast pizzas, but the Garden of Gethsemane. In 2025 we are Walking Well , thinking about our decision to choose the narrow way. Encouraging ea...

The countdown to Easter continues with the focus in this episode on 'Failed Friends' Take a look at Matthew 26 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus - 14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16 From then on Judas watched for an opportun...

It's the countdown to Easter and in this episode of the Around The Fire Podcast, Jonny & Sarah hone in on the last supper. Take a look at Matthew 26:17-30. What catches your attention and why? What is this and why is it important? What is it telling us about Jesus? We tend to focus in on the Last Supper, communion, but so much more going on here. Let's go. In 2025 we are Walking Well , thinkin...

Around The Fire Podcast welcomes Rianne Thorneycroft. Whoo! Rianne leads the Youth ministry at Elim Life Church in Birmingham, UK. Jonny & Sarah talk all things youth, amongst a ton of other really good banter. The tables are turned when she fires question at them too. In 2025 we are Walking Well , thinking about our decision to choose the narrow way. Encouraging each other to find space to gr...

The Beatitudes chat continues... Part 3 focuses on Matthew 5:4 - God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Question - As Pentecostals we are not always great at the idea of lament and mourning, we like victory. How can we embrace this beatitude? One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,  2  and he began...

It's week 2 looking at The Beatitudes. Jonny and Sarah focus down on the first Beatitude in Matthew 5:3 - God blesses those who are poor and realise their need for Him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. Great to hear some community stories in there too. One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,  2  and he began to...

The Beatitudes... What is the Sermon on the Mount and why does it matter? What are the beatitudes? Why is it good to get your head around Matthew 5-7 in the bible? In this episode, Jonny & Sarah take a look at the Beatitudes generally, and then we will take a deeper dive into a few of the Beatitudes on the next 2 episodes. They explore and unpack the word and idea of 'Blessed' - a stat...

What is a calling? What does it mean to be called by God? Ephesians 4 V 1 :  Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. The opening sentence encourages us to live in response to God’s invitation to follow, personally and in community. We don’t walk worthy so that God will love us, but because He does love us. It is...

How are you enjoying the brain breaks? Join Jonny & Sarah as they talk about Walking Well as Children of Light. To walk well in the light of who Jesus is and what he’s done, walking with Jesus and with each other; knowing andgrowing in the good news of Jesus and knowing and growing in community.  How do we know and grow? In 2025 we are Walking Well, thinking about our decision to choose the na...

It's episode 2 of the Walking Well podcast series. Jonny & Sarah explore what it looks like to Walk Well Humbly. What does it mean to walk humbly, doing what is right and loving mercy? What is humility? How do you understand mercy? In 2025 we are Walking Well, thinking about our decision to choose the narrow way. Encouraging each other to find space to grow and have a go to make disciples and...

A new year, 2025, and a brand new season from the Around The Fire podcasters. In fact, so new, we are now on YouTube. Yep, that's right. All future episodes will now be on video too. No more recording from the cupboard, but, hair makeup, lights...well, sort of anyway. We are so excited for this new season and to share our conversations with a wider audience. Not only are we still tracking and goin...

The Soul Path Q&R Christmas 2024 and Jonny and Sarah bring the Around The Fire Podcast to a live audience. Throughout the year at @elimlifechurchbirmingham there has been a theme running for the last 12 months called 'Soul Path' This episode is dedicated to your questions. You can watch this episode on the Around The Fire YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/jLE9Y9XAyvc A huge thank you to everyo...

The Soul Path Re-Cap Christmas 2024 and Jonny and Sarah bring the Around The Fire Podcast to a live audience. Throughout the year at  @elimlifechurchbirmingham  there has been a theme running for the last 12 months called 'Soul Path' So, this is the first of 2 episodes in front of a live audience. Recorded at Elim Life Church in the North of the City of Birmingham in mid December 2024. You can wat...

Part 3: Talking - Prophecy As 2024 draws to a close, so does the Soul Path podcast series. This is the final episode in the Soul Path series...BUT... we are planning a Christmas Live Video & Audio Podcast, with yea, a real live audience. Exciting! So, if you have any questions for Jonny & Sarah, please get them to us. Info on how to do that is below. Tracking the Sunday communications at E...

Part 2: Talking - Praying How can the Lord’s prayer help us to talk with God? Why is it good for your soul and soul path? What’s the best way to pray it? - Just some of the questions asked in this, the second episode in the 'Talking' mini-series. Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big ideas, and how to apply them. Formed by Romans chapter twelve , 20...

Part 1: Talking - Rejoicing It's a brand new mini-series under the umbrella of Soul Path. Something Jonny & Sarah love to do... yep... talking! :) • Rejoicing is the doing of joy, joy linked to victory, understand victory as salvation - faith - being made new and a new way of being. • What is the confident hope we have? • Encourage one another by sharing the stories of God at work in our lives...

Part 4: Waypoints - Work Why Waypoints? What are they? How can they help us? Our whole existence is our worship…including our work - everything we do! Colossians 3:23-24 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. Time to ch...

Part 3: Waypoints - Giving Why Waypoints? What are they? How can they help us? "Giving carries Kingdom Mercy to Community..." "I will not be sustained by cash, cash is not King, Jesus is King!" Starting with Matthew 6:1-4, Jonny & Sarah look at what the bible teaches us about giving, and how this fits in to the theme of waypoints. Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go...

Part 2: Waypoints - Rhythms Why Waypoints? What are they? How can they help us? Jesus lived with a rhythm - activity and rest. He’s basing decision and direction from a place of prayer and encounter with the Father. How does this rhythmic lifestyle help us? Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big ideas, and how to apply them. Formed by Romans chapter...

Part 1: Waypoints - Pause Welcome to Around the Fire, a space for conversations to nurture hearts and build lives following Jesus, thinking more deeply about big ideas and how to apply them! During September 2024 at Elim Life Church (ELC), we looked at the theme of Waypoints , part of the year long Soul Path series. Why Waypoints? What are they? How can they help us? Jonny & Sarah start to unp...

Part 4: Silence - Silent - Q&R The episode Jonny & Sarah have been looking forward to. An episode dedicated to listeners questions. So here it is, the last in the Silence collective of podcasts and your Q&R. Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big ideas, and how to apply them. Formed by Romans chapter twelve , 2024 will be an opportunity f...

Part 3: Silence - 'Listen' How do you know what’s the voice of God compared to mine? That's a big question. This episode is about listening. "Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry." –– James 1:19 Here we go... Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big id...

Part 2: Silence - 'Active Waiting' In this episode, Jonny & Sarah take us through Psalm 46. What does it mean to Be Still? How can we Actively Wait? Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big ideas, and how to apply them. Formed by Romans chapter twelve , 2024 will be an opportunity for us to explore pathways and practices shaping our Soul Pa...

Part 1: Silence - 'Tool Of Trust' Tracking the Sunday communications at ELC, Jonny & Sarah go deeper about these big ideas, and how to apply them. Formed by Romans chapter twelve , 2024 will be an opportunity for us to explore pathways and practices shaping our Soul Path . In our commitment to love God, ourselves, and others, we will adventure in what it means to know Jesus, be with Je...

Part 4: Bible - 'People Of God' The Bible reflects who we are becoming. How do we move it from information to transformation? How does Holy Spirit help us? What is the identity change? The New nature? How do I ‘put it on’ and throw off the old sinful nature? Lots of questions for Jonny & Sarah to get in to, in this, the last episode of the 4 part series - 'Bible'. They talk abo...